A panorama is a wide-angle look at something. 360 degrees is a full circle...
There is a website that has taken 360 degree panoramic images of famous places and made them available for free on the internet. The company uses helicopters and a variety of cameras to make these 360 degree panoramic photos.
These photos are wide angle looks at various places, wide-angle views from every angle in all directions.
Your assignment:
Go to the site http://www.airpano.com/
Chose one or more of the 360 panoramas (you can select from their home page, from the World Map link, or from their full list)
When you open the panorama, explore it, more the image around, look up & down, left & right. Use all the tools such as the ones I've circled in the picture below:
Post a comment with:
- The name/location of the panorama you looked at
- The things you observed
- What the images made you think of
- Your thoughts & ideas about the website & pictures in general
Enjoy the visuals & have a great week off!
Remember - Comment as "Name/URL" and use your first name and last initial (proper capitalization, no URL)- please respond in full and complete sentences - double check your work before posting your comment.
56 comments:
The location of the panorama I looked at was Miami,Down town,Bayfront park,Brickell. I observed the buildings that were standing up tall, the ocean that takes up a big amount of space between the buildings, the Brickell park on the right side of the buildings. The buildings look to me like standing pencils different heights. The ocean looks like green mint that just got there someway. The clouds look like whip cream that was spray there by a giant that is bigger than the world. I think the website is good and I like it very much because of the 360 turn that makes you turn all around the place your at.
The loacation of the panorama I looked at was The Great Pyramid of the Giza Egypt.The pyramid looked like a square cone. The people look like little toy dolls that you can pick up with your hand.The sky looks like a blue sea with the color blue with a splash of green.The clouds look like a huge lumps of cream.I think the website is very good I like how you can see everything in a 360 angle.
Gabby P.
On the website Airpano I chose Victoria Falls Zambia Zimbabwe because of the beautiful view and the panorama.The clouds looked like Cotton Candy.The houses looked like little houses for ants.The water fall looks like streams.I think the website is very good and useful.I like how you can see everything in a 360 degree angle.
i chose a view of torancho because it was pretty,its in a 360 degree view and its a picture of something i've never seen before
I observed coral reefs, fish, sea rays, scuba divers and other sea creatures in the Maldives Islands. My favorite thing to see was the fish with black stripes and cheetah patterned fins. The coral reefs dazzsled with their colors and textures! The website was amazing because I really felt I was swimming with the fish!
The location of the panorama I looked at was the Nazca Lines in South America, Peru. I observed that there is grass surrounding the lines and random shapes. It reminds me of a maze from that angle. The website is great because it shows you great photographs and at a good angle.
The location of the panorama I looked at was Victoria Falls, Toronto, Canada, Geoglyphs in Pallpa Valley, South America, Peru, Miami, Florida, USA, Nazca Lines, South America, Peru, Underwater Maldives. Stingrays, Hong Kong, Great Pyramids of Giza in Egypt, Virtual Tour of Dubai City, UAE, and Neuschwanstein Castle in Fog, Germany.
Before I start I would like to say everything was so cool and interesting. Anyhow, the sky gave me the feeling of smoothness, if you scroll the mouse upwards underwater you would see bubbles, which is cool. My thought about the website was that it was very interesting, something I never experienced and it made me think how much of the world I haven't seen. And that technology has brought the whole world so much closer and it's really easy to see one part of the world without even moving. This site is very cool.
The location I picked was Hawaii.I saw the deep blue sea and the island.The images made me think of how I want to go to Hawaii.The website and the pictures were awesome because it's fun to see things in a 360 degrees angle.
Victoria falls is big water falls and it has a zigzag shape and.
It is so foggy and a road to their homes and a bridge. To
Other road and.there is an electric plant.
I think that the website is a good source of information and the pictures are a perfect example of what the website is about. In the pictures of Palpa Valley, Peru, South America, I observed The Group of 4 Figures, The Girl, Man In Hat, The Man In Hat and Bird, and The Alien with a Stick. One of the pictures made me think of a cetaur. Half man, half horse. This was The Group of 4 Figures. The Man in Hat made me think of a buissiness man going to work.
I looked at Miami, Florida and saw a beach and a couple of buildings on the right side. Then I saw some water in the middle. At the back I saw many more buildings and beaches. On the left side I saw an island the curves to the left a little. But when it curves it gets smaller and smaller. At the end towards the left there is an island. I wonder what it could be?
The panorama that I chose was Toronto,Canada and the pictures were awesome.The things that I observed was that Toronto has really tall buildings,there are not lots of parks. And there is no schools in Toronto,Canada.My idea was that Toronto,Canada should have less buildings and different things because there is mostly lots of buildings and there is no other different things.Also the location made me think of like I was working as a business man who always works a lot.
The location I picked Miami, Down town It looks like a good place to live in.I wish I lived there. When I put zoom out Miami, looked like a big ball.
I looked at the underwater panoramic called underwater shooting on the maldives. I observed lots of stingrays and remarkable schools of fish. The ocean made me think of when I when I went snorkeling in Mexico. I like the website because it showed 360 degree images.
I looked at Venezuela.Surrounding of Angel Falls.Things I observed were all the grassland it also looks like an island. It made me think of the movie Journey 2.
The location I pick is Hawii, Oahu Island. The place I observed is Magic Island. I thought Magic Island was awesome my favorite place in Magic Island was the place that it looks like water was trap in the middle of the ocean. The ocean was the best. It made me feel like I was a person on vacation sitting at the beach and how I wish I could go there.
Emily E.
The location I piked was Miami,Florida. It looks like a big round ball. I wish i could visit or live there.
I chose the picture Underwater Maldives Stingrays. The location is Maldives Underwater. I observed rocks, stingrays, fish, sunlight and blue sky. It reminds me of when I went swimming in the water at the Atlantis Bahamas and a stingray touched my foot. I feel the Underwater Maldives Stingrays picture is scary and cool. It was scary because the music sounded like a funeral.It was cool because it was like you could touch the stingrays.
KEVON F. said
The location I picked was Germany.The name of the castle is named Neuschwanstein castle in fog.I chose this one because it seemed like it was in the middle of nowhere and like it was in a deserted island .The one speical reason I chose it was because of the fog it made it seem like it was this speical island and if you enter through it the people inside it will capture you that's what i think of the Neuschwanstein castle in fog.
The Panorama I chose was Toronto, Canada. The things I observed were that the city is very big just like New York City. I also noticed that there is beautiful water at the edge of Toranto, Canada, and that the CN Tower is the only tallest landscape there. The Images made me think of New York City because of all the buildings. I think the website and pictures in general are very good because of how interesting the pictures of different places are. It is very nice of how they took the time to actually take the pictures all around the world.
The location I picked was "Aerial Panorama". It is located in Dubai,UAE. the picture shows the artificial island in 360 degrees.I observed how the island is shaped and how it is lined up from biggest to smallest. the island are made like lines. the images make me think of lineups in schools.this website is very educational to see the world in different angels.It is also interesting and cool
The location of the panorama I looked at was Las Vegas at Dusk and Night. I observed that some buildings are shaped like the alphabet. At night,the lights look like Christmas lights, shining bright for everyone to see. I also observed that from above, some of the roads are shaped like circles. At dusk, it doesn't look half as beautiful as it does at night. Dusk in Las Vegas just looks dull. At night, it looks more active. One of the buildings makes me think of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. A line in a pool makes me think of a smiley face. Some of the clouds look like it's going to have a thunderstorm. I don't have any ideas or thoughts about the website and pictures. I like it just the way it is.I was fasinated by all the pictures. They look so beautiful from all angles. This project was very exciting
i looked at holland.holland looks...like a story book setting. holland had a weird looking lake.holland looked very calm.holland made me think of the story"hansel and gretel"holland made me think of me canoeing in the lakes.holland made me think of my grandparents. i dont know why holland made me think of my grandparents.i would love to take a vacation to holland.
I looked at the location of Honolulu, Hawaii. The images showed how clear the water was, I also saw the Diamond Head volcano, I saw Waikiki Beach, and all the high rise hotels. These beautiful scenes of Hawaii made me think that I really want to go there. This made me wonder how they keep the beach and the ocean so clean. I loved the site because it had so many good pictures that you want to pick them all.
The location of the panorama I looked at was Neuschwanstein castle of fog. I observed long narrow passage ways that cross one tower to another. I also observed that there is a long curvy road down the country side. I suspect that was used to see the king's kingdom. The castle made made me think of a huge city with huge skyscrapers and small buildings. It also makes me think of a canyon full of jagged rocks big and small. The website was perfect just the way it is. I do not have any ideas or thoughts about the website.It was really exciting. They look awesome from all sides and angles. This project was the best.
The location of the panorama I looked at was Hawaii U.S.A. and Maldives underwater. I observed fishes, lighthouses, sting rays, mountains, the ocean and houses. I picked those two panoramas because Hawaii is a curious island full of pools and water. I felt like I was a giant, looking at such tiny, tiny things.
The Maldives underwater is just so beautiful, also relaxing sounds and wonderful pictures. It made me think that I was a fish myself!!! The website itself is awesome. I think it’s cool because I feel like I actually visited the Maldives. They even let the people on the website play around using the tools to view the sky, the ground and the angles, all the time with beautiful music. That’s why I like the website http://www.airpano.com\.
I looked at dragon waterfall in Venezuela. It looked really nice i wish i can see it in real life and see other monuments. it reminds me of a two headed dragon
the location of panorama that I picked was The Eiffel Tower. The Eiffel tower is 320 meters high and weights 7000 tons. It has 1710 steps. The first floor is at 57 meters and 360 steps from the ground, the second at 115 meters and 1060 steps from the ground. The third floor at 274 meters from the ground is only reachable by lift.i observed as you can stand upon the top you can turn a 360 degrees turn.The Eiffel Tower was really fun and enjoying as i knew it was an 360 degree turn from its turns and angles.
I looked at the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Looking at it, I observed it looks as they were only made out of steel and glass. They had a bridge connecting them. It looked like in Minnesota, how they have bridges connecting them, so in cold weather you can walk from one building to another without getting cold. In general, I thought the pictures were good, but I wish it was easier to control. Like one time I tried to move, I went up to the sky and spun around.
Amin Sedyame
I looked at the capetown panorama.I think it looks like abig book in the middle of capetown.It looks like New york.The website is organized but way too slow and to hard to find what you are looking for like Miami,Capetown or Colorado.
I went to Toronto, Canada. In the view I had of Toronto showed Earth as a sphere about
3 1/16 inches long. Earth was surrounded by clouds, sky, and- well you get the picture. If you try to look at the sky, Earth will replace the sky in a morphing process, making CN tower on the top left side of the screen and a 3 1/16 inch sphere of a sky. I saw no other panorama that gave me the idea to see the Toronto panorama. I just clicked on something on the screen and the image just popped up out of nowhere, like KABLAMMO. The website was good. Or at least good enough to satisfy me to the 32% mark. I must admit after an hour and a half the satisfaction level is at 10,000% mark.
I looked up a panorama of a Himilayan airtaxi. It is found in the Himilayan Mountain Range. I observed a small plane, called an airtaxi. The image reminds me of my first trip on an airplane to Canada. I really like this panorama because it was a picture of an airplane, which I really like to ride in.
I looked up another panorama of Dubai in UAE. I observed lots of tall and short buildings. This panorama made me think of the first time the first time I went to the top of the Empire State Building. This panorama is very special to me because I like to see the beautiful views at the top of many buildings. Now that I have seen this panorama, I would like to have a chance to experience. I think this website is very good because I like 360 degree views.
I looked at the picture of the Neuschwanstein Castle in Fog, Germany. Some things that I noticed in the picture was that the castle looked like a bunch of long church towers. Also, I noticed that it was very foggy there and you couldn't see the castle very clearly. Another thing I noticed is that the sun was either coming up, or going down and was reflecting off of the camera lens making the castle look very beautiful.
My brother and I looked at Toronto,Canada.It was pretty cool I was mostly looking at the skyscraper though it was pretty cool.From the top it looked like any other city.I enjoyed the website, I think it's a good website to go to if you want to look at something really cool.
I looked at pictures of Miami in Florida in the USA. I saw bluish and greenish water in the Government Cut of Miami Beach. I saw a green speed boat that was going really fast on the water. The sun’s reflection on the water near Bayfront Park of Brickell Key Island at Downtown Miami, made me think of swimming in a warm swimming pool. There was pale sand on the beaches.
I saw many high Beachfront Hotel buildings with orange roofs on South Beach. There was a twisted road like a snake around each hotel building. Also, the tall buildings in Downtown Brickell Key made me think of walking in New York City. I saw the tallest building which is the Four Seasons Hotel Miami in Downtown Miami’s Brickell Financial District. The Blue and Green Diamond Condominiums towers on the Miami Beach remind me of the Twin Towers in New York City.
The Brickell Key Drive made me think of my father driving over the Verrazano Narrows Bridge to get to my uncle’s house. The clouds made me think of the lessons that Ms. Graham taught us about the clouds. The airplane in the sky made me think of flying to my grandparents who live in Texas.
The AirPano website is fantastic and amazing because the pictures are so clear. This website gives you so many places around the world to look at. The 360 degree panoramic pictures from this website convince you to go to those places you are looking at because pictures are photographed incredibly. Also, I looked from Google about the names of the beaches, hotels, buildings, and islands in Miami according to their actual locations from the 360degree view of AirPano website.
The images I looked at was Victoria Falls Virtual Tour, Zambia and Zimbabwe border, Virtual Tour of Toronto, Canada, The Geoglyphs in Palpa Valley, South America, Peru, Miami Florida, USA, Nazca Lines, South America, Peru, Underwater Maldives Stingrays.
Before I start, I am just going to say that the technology makes life so easy because now we can see picture of places from your computer even sitting at home. The Miami beach sea was space and the boat were like the stars. And the Under water I saw some fishes and that was cool. The web site was one of the coolest website I have discovered and I think it’s awesome.
By:- Tayyub 5-405
I looked at Hawaii,Oahu island and i saw a huge city and montains behind it.There was also a beautiful clear blue and green sea.It reminded me of the Bahamas and Aruba.I think that airpalo.com is really fun and cool to look at.
I looked at Hawaii,Oahu island and I saw a huge city and mountains behined it. There was also beutiful clear blue and green sea.It reminded me of the Bahamas and Aruba.
I picked the waterfalls in Iceland.Its amazing how its like your really there.I can imagine the water spraying in my face, like taking a shower, but much stronger.The rocks almost looked like little buildings that people live in.Its really cool how you can see the man so up close, I still think they should have left him out, its better with just nature.Nobody seems to know about this website, I wonder why they put so much work in stuff allot of people seem to not notice.
I looked at Las vegas. I observed lots of strange buildings. they were all very weird. Almost everything in Las Vegas reminded me of a museum because everything was in weird shapes. In general the website was really cool. It gives you a tour of a place so you know what it looks like before you go.
Well, i choice the whole world.First because i asked my brother and he said the whole world.I was not sure, but then i agreed with him. I also did some researched.
I looked at Victoria Falls, Zambia - Zimbabwe. I saw lots of trees, a waterfall and rivers. There was also a rainbow. It made me think of animals and farms, it looked really nice. I liked looking at the pictures.
The name of the website is www.airpano.com. The location of the panorama I looked at was Egypt. The things that I observed was i saw a red sun reflecting the land, and the sky had different layers of colors in the sky. The colors were yellow, light pink, and purple. The images made me think about colors and how they blend together. The website is good for research, like its good for images that kind of research. The picture was beautiful.: )
I chose the "Underwater Maldives. Stingrays", Underwarter Shooting on the Maldives.
The Maldives is also known as "Maldives Islands Nation" / Republic of Maldives.
This nation has been formed by double chain of twenty-six atolls. Maldives is located in the Indian Ocean, Laccadive Sea, South west of Sri Lanka and India.
As I followed the instructons, I observed small coralreef and stingrays, and divers, "they seemed cool!". While I used the panaoramic tools, I was able to see, from the bottom of the sea, views of the sunlight.
The images made me think of some of the commercials I have seen about the beautiful Caribbean Sea, (Aruba, Bahamas, etc.) This was like being at the Best Aquarium.
My dad and I decided to do extra research, (wikipedia, google.com), to find out where was the exact location of the Maldives Islands, as well as learning more about this place.
In conclusion, I wish this site, (AirPano.com - 360 Aerial Panorama - 3D Virtual Tours Around the World), had a geographic map, as well as, more historical facts about each tour. Overall, this was a great.
I looked up the empire state building. Its found in Manhattan NewYork. I observed that there are many big buildings but compared to the empire stae building its side differ by a lot.Its the biggest building that i ever saw.
The waterfalls from a height of about 20 meters 60 feet,also located in horseshore shaped gorge filled with dark basalt colums.On the last picture, it had showed a someone in front of the waterfall.Also it had showed it had had a little rainbow infront of the person.This is also a fact that i loved,"sk'ogatoss is a magnificent waterfall in southern part of iceland.Also my favorite part of reading this passage is adouth the victora fall and abotu the kind of animals the passage.I hope you liked my comment.
The waterfalls of Iceland was the panorama I looked at and it was very interesting. I noticed that you could see the water pouring down it was very pretty. It looked like very heavy rain.The image made me think of swimming i would really really want to swim there!!!!!! It also made me think of being inside a giant drop of water from the waterfall! That would be fun. Also, the website was very fun because you could see what other places all over the world look like!!
I looked at the water fall in Iceland and it was amazing. I liked the website because it shows kids what places look like. I like the 3-d affect because I felt like I was really in the picture. I would recommend this website to my friends.
The location I looked at was Waterfalls of Iceland.I observed the mountains and waterfalls that looked like huge meatballswith tiny bits of broccolli(the trees).The sun lookked as if it was a spiky ball.The website is really good.Iy made me feel as though I was in a helicopter looking round myself!I think its AWESOME!
I looked at the Waterfalls of Iceland. I loved how the water froze as it was coming down. There was also a guy standing on the edge of the cliff as if he was going to jump off. It would be about a 200 feet drop! It was also very pretty when I was standing under the waterfall, in a cave. It reminded me of the island from the Jules Verne book "The Mysterious Island". I liked the site in general but there aren't many panoramas to look at yet. I'll wait 2 or 3 years and see if they have Paris or Brooklyn. Those would be very beautiful.
I saw The Eastern Alpes, Switzerland. It was beautiful. I loved it. I loved the huge mountains covered in a big white sheet of snow. There was a house on a mountain that was also covered too. I wish I lived in that house. That house has a huge scenery. The picture reminds me of huge mountains around me. I wish I can take a vacation.
I picked the Egypt Virtual tour over Giza. I was fascinated by all the three dimensional shapes. Its amazing how these were created without the technology we have now.
I think the Sphinx looks like my cat. I had a feeling my cat was royalty and this proves it to me. I didn't realize till this virtual tour that the Sphinx had no nose. Perhaps its related to He Who Must Not be Named?
All the brown, orange and various colors were very unique and beautiful. I'd love to visit one day.
I looked at the panorama called New York I Love You. I saw many buildings including a hotel, office, and apartment buildings.I also saw sparkling lights as the sun was setting on the city. It made me think of when I come home early on Mondays and I can relax. It also made me think of when I look out the window of my house and it soothes me and keepps me calm. I thought that the website was really cool because you could see different places in the world from a 360 degree view. Also I thought it was really cool because there were so many pictures to see.
The city of panorama is very interesting and cool. The most coolest thing there is the CN tower. it is very tall and you can see a lot of things when you are on the very top of it. There is also a large island that is on the other side of panorama across the large ocean. To get to that island, you have you cross the ocean by boat because there is now trail you can cross to get to the other island. You can see very tiny things and they are cars but you can't see the people because you are on an airplane and the people are hard to see when are high in the air so that's the reason why you cannot see any people.
i choose underwater stingrays because when i was once at a aquarium and it was moving like crazy but there really really shy but sometimes under water stingrays are really dangerous
I saw Manhattan and I observed Central Park, the size was amazing. The images made me think of Prospect Park. I like this website a lot! However it could use more improvement like LESS MUSIC!
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